Cuff-holder



(No Model.)

. J. V. PILGHER.

0UP]? HOLDER.

N0. 502,581. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

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JOHN V. PILCHER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,581, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed May 8, 1893. Serial No. 473,381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OHN V. PILOHER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of J efierson and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in(Jud-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of devices by means of whichremovable cults may be attached to either the shirt sleeve or coatsleeve of the wearer, and the object of the invention is to providesimple and eliicient means for adjusting the location of the cuffrelative to the sleeve so that much or little of the cuff may projectbeyond the sleeve as desired.

To this end the invention consists in the construction and combinationof parts forming a cufl? holder, hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure I, isa side elevation of a cuff holder according to my invention. Fig. II, isa top view of the same, and Fig. III, shows a portion of the same inlongitudinal vertical section.

5 represents the body portion consisting of a bar of metal having aseries of perforations or indentations 6, located at intervalsthroughout its length, and bent at one end 7, to receive the pivot pin 8of aclasp 9, which clasp may be of any construction adapted to engagethe sleeve at any point. I prefer to make the common spring-clasp hereshown and to secure it to the bar by means of the pivot pin 8 so that itmay revolve from side-to-side thereon to engage the sleeve in anydirection.

10 is a button adapted to engage a hole or holes in a cuff, and providedwith a body 12 having tangs 11 bent down at its sides to engage andslide upon the bar 5.

13 is a spring located between the slide 12 and the bar 5, and betweenthe tangs 11. The shank 15 of this spring passes out through a hole 14in the slide and is secured to the slide by being stamped down upon orinto, the slide. The spring is provided at its opposite end with a nib16 adapted to engage any one of the indentations 6 in thebar, and tohold thereto with sufficient force to keep the cuff in place, and yet itmay be readily pushed to slide endwise upon the body, the nib snappinginto the indentations and being gradually raised out of them in passing.

1 do not wish to make this spring integral with the slide itself becausethe slide should be made of thicker and stiffer material than issuitable for so short a spring. This class of goods is usually made ofrolled sheet brass, and its elasticity is proportionate to the hardnessacquired by being rolled, and if the material is hard enough to retainits elasticity in long service and is as thick as the slide should be itwill not yield as a spring except under more pressure than can beconveniently exerted upon the slide in service; and if the material isleft soft enough to spring easily when of the thickness required of abutton and slide it will very soon become set so that the spring wouldbe worthless as such. It the slide and spring were made in two separatepieces and the holes or indentations 6 were dispensed with the slidewould not keep its place at any point where it should be located unlessthe spring was so stiff as to be moved with great difficulty. I securethe spring to the slide in the manner described 'for the further reasonthat when the shank end 15 is pressed down to bear firmly upon the topof the slide its upward bearing point at 17 upon the body of the slidebecomes a fulcrum under which the free end of the spring is prieddownward so that the whole length of the spring acts with freedom andsuppleness to throw the nib 16 into any one of the indentations, thusholding the slide at any one of the indentations with all the firmnessdesired, yet requiring no great force to disengage the nib by pushingupon the slide. My cufi holder thus constructed is light, strong, neatin appearance, easily operated, and thoroughly effective inaccomplishing the purpose for which it was designed.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I believe to be new, and desire to sethe body of the slide andbears on the outer cure by Letters Patent, is the following: sidethereof in opposition to the action of the The combination in acuff-holder, of a bar spring, and holds the spring to the slide,subhaving a series of indentations; means for ststantially as described.5 caching the said barto a sleeve; it button fitted In testimony whereofI affix my signature in I 5 to slide upon the bar, and a spring locatedpresence of two witnesses.

between the bar and the sliding body of the JOHN V. PILCI-IER. buttonand provided with a nib to engage the Witnesses: said indentations; thespring being provided JOHN L. HEMING,

IO with a tang which extends outward through GEO. XVORTMANN.

